EAGE NEWSLETTER
ASIA PACIFIC
Issue-2 2013
Time to effect change on a global scale 2014; the Student Lecture Tour is returning to Asia Pacific after a successful first run in 2012;
Gladys Gonzales EAGE president 2013-2014
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uring my term of office I look forward to channelling my energies into the leadership of EAGE, and have chosen as the theme for the year ‘Making a difference on a global scale − narrowing the gap’. This refers to the need to narrow the gap between geoscience and engineering disciplines; professional development across the regions; academic and industry efforts to develop emerging technologies to address society’s needs; helping young professionals and women in career development; addressing professional degrees and professional occupation; and dialogue with active and inactive members. Most EAGE members received part of their education in their native countries, while others studied and worked in overseas during their careers. But our members are definitely professionals with a global presence. I believe tapping into the strengths of the different regions will help to narrow the gap. I also would like to continue to work with sister and local societies and explore where our Association can make a difference in narrowing gaps. To that end, planned initiatives include multidisciplinary conferences, workshops and programmes in partnership with other geoscience and engineering societies. There will also be analysis of how members participate in EAGE committees, events and ballots. In the Asia Pacific region, we will organize a brand new joint conference on ‘Petrophysics Meets Geoscience’ with FESM in Kuala Lumpur on 17−18 February
we also continue our cooperation with our sister societies for the International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) in Kuala Lumpur on 10−12 December 2014; and there is much more, the details of which can be found in this newsletter. Not only Asia Pacific, but all the regions have outstanding professionals that deserve worldwide recognition for their achievements. Therefore, I would like EAGE members to recognize these outstanding members for their contribution to geoscience and related engineering by sending nominations to the EAGE Awards Committee. Today, of the 10 EAGE Board members, three are women in key officer positions (an increase from only one in the period 2006−2011). I think we are moving in the right direction. But there is plenty of room for improvement! We need to start looking at the number of women getting the relevant degrees, and for those that do not end up working in the industry or academia, we need to find out why? For example, the majority of papers are still presented by men and the question is why women do not participate more? We have talented professional women in all regions, but I do not believe in imposing quotas for the equal representation of women on the board or committees. This was also the unanimous conclusion from 65 participants at our first ‘Women in Geoscience’ event that took place during the 75th Annual Meeting in London. Female representation should be a natural process. Between the very strong Board I have the fortune to be leading, the excellent staff in our Business offices, and of course you, the members, we can go beyond the barrier of distance and language to partner in our common objective of promoting the innovative development and application of geoscience and engineering.
Kuala Lumpur to welcome EAGE/ FESM joint regional conference in February 2014!
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he first joint regional conference between the EAGE and the Formation Evaluation Society of Malaysia, aptly entitled ‘Petrophysics Meets Geoscience’, is coming to Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on 17−18 February. This will be an event to savour, not only because a local meeting of these subsurface professional groups is long overdue, but also because along with the main technical programme there are short courses, a site visit and field trip plus a very appetizing social programme! The conference itself will consist of one stream of oral presentations, a dedicated poster session and a panel discussion. High quality papers will be presented on topics covering what truly matters for the petrophysical and geological subsurface communities. The social programme of the conference tees off on Sunday 16 February for those Read more on p. 2 ➤
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